Immigration Resource Guide

This is dedicated to all immigrants fighting to have their matter go before the courts,  to be afforded basic human rights and be allowed the opportunity to defend themselves. It is dedicated to Anne, a domestic violence survivor forced to go back to the perpetrator to get out of detention, to be able to go on and fight/win her case in the immigration courts; to the two young Asian women, who cried themselves to sleep every night due to fraudulent attorney representation; to the young mother of 4 caught up in the family courts forced to leave her children behind in the United States; and to the woman from India, denied her vegetarian meal, for religious practices, for months awaiting removal, leaving her only son behind with the father, as the United States was the only home he had ever known. 

For Immigrants in Federal, State or Local Custody within the State of Maine Facing Immigration Consequences and/or Advocates. Available for free to download in PDF format. The updated 2023 Guide will be released also made available in Spanish January 31, 2023.

80 percent of the facilities in Maine have no information/literature for immigrants to understand the consequences, processes and procedures of the immigration legal system. The Detainee Advocacy Project is committed to distribution of this guide to each facility within the state of Maine. Contact us for more information.

Our goal is to make a difference in the life of a immigrant in custody on a national level.  We invite you to join us! We are currently working towards creating Immigration Resource guides for additional jurisdictions and additional languages